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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
LUCINDA WILLIAMS / CAROL FRAN
Join us and cruise the Gulf Coast Highway with Deep South singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams as she talks about her connection with traditional music, her writing style and sense of place. Plus, Lafayette, Louisiana R&B chanteuse and pianist Carol Fran comes by the studio for conversation and a special live set. There’s also great music from, Johnny Cash, Cassandra Wilson, and Gatemouth Brown.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Metal Firecracker Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Mercury - Ramblin' on My Mind Lucinda Williams
Ramblin, Smithsonian Folkways - Richland Woman Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues 1963, Rounder - Kokomo Me Baby Mississippi Fred McDowell
I Do Not Play No Rock ‘n’ Roll, Capitol - Rock Island Line Johnny Cash
The Essential 1955-83, Columbia - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited, Columbia - This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel 1938/1943, - Instrumental: Jesus Will Fix It For You Sonny Treadway
Sacred Steel Instrumentals, Arhoolie - Mama Tried Merle Haggard
Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb - Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Almost Blue, Rhino - Drunken Angel Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury - INTERVIEW: Lucinda Williams
Listen - Instrumental:
20 Fiddle Tunes and Waltz Favorites, Rural Rhythm - Tennessee Blues Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Timeless, Hightone - That's All Right Blind Snooks Eaglin
That's All Right, Bluesville - Everybody's Trying to be My Baby Roy Newman & His Boys
Texas Music Vol. 2: Western Swing & Honky Tonk, Rhino - Everybody’s Trying to be My Baby Carl Perkins
The Classics, Bear Family - Honey Don't The Beatles
Beatles for Sale, Capitol - Passionate Kisses Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams, Koch
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Down Yonder Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Columbia - Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Bessie Smith
The Essential Bessie Smith, Columbia/Legacy - Give me a Red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer Smiley Maxedon
Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia - My Bucket's Got A Hole in It Jim Robinson
Atlantic Jazz: New Orleans, Atlantic - Bourbon Street Blues Louis Prima
He's the Wildest: The Capitol Recordings, Bear Family - Instrumental: I Will Always Be In Love With You Carol Fran
American Routes live recording, - INTERVIEW: Carol Fran
Listen - Quelque Chose Sur Mon Idee (There's Something On My Mind) Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie, Arhoolie - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Freddy Fender
The Voice: The Crazy Cajun Recordings, Edsel - Wasted Laura Cantrell
Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson, Bloodshot - Continental Trailways Blues Steve Earle
Early Tracks, Koch - Liza Jane Dale Hawkins
Oh! Susie Q: The Best of Dale Hawkins, MCA - Instrumental: Li'l Liza Jane The New Rebirth Brassband
D-Boy, NYNO - I Hear You Knocking Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family - St. Louis Blues Mose Allison
Gimcracks and Gewgaws, Blue Note - Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
Blue Skies, Polydor - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins, Putumayo - End Bed: Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet
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